Impact had hyped that a “returning former champion” (which ended up being Rosemary) would be revealed on the Press Pass podcast. Josh Alexander, who’s signed a three-year deal with Impact, was another guest on the show.
Rosemary has returned to action after suffering a torn ACL in 2018. On television, she’s been involved in a storyline with Su Yung & Dark Allie over Allie’s soul. Rosemary, Kiera Hogan & Jordynne Grace faced Yung, Dark Allie & The Undead Bridesmaid in a six-woman tag match at this month’s Impact TV tapings in Las Vegas.
Rosemary has held the Knockouts title one time. She was champion from October 2016 to July 2017.
Impact also announced this month that Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, and Fallah Bahh have signed new contracts with the company.
Previously: Eli Drake defeated Moose to win the World Championship title shot briefcase.
Tonight: Rosemary takes on Taya Valkyrie in a Demon’s Dance match.
Show Recap —
– Eli Drake came out and bragged about having both the World Championship and Tag Team title shot briefcases. He pointed out that he could be on his way to winning all the gold in Impact.
LAX interrupted, demanding to know the identity of Drake’s partner to challenge for the titles. Drake then introduced his partner for Redemption, Scott Steiner. Steiner promised to defeat LAX and win the tag titles.
Konnan played mind games and asked Drake if he could trust Steiner to show up. He also wondered if Steiner still has it or not.
Flashback of the Week: Rosemary defeated Knockouts Champion Jade in Six Sides of Steel
They brawled around ringside before getting in the cage. Rosemary was firmly in control until Jade hit a top rope hurricanrana. Jade executed a crossbody block off the top of the cage, but Rosemary spit the mist in her eyes and hit the Red Wedding for the win.
Moose defeated Sami Callihan by DQ
Callihan took over after a lariat and a suicide dive. Moose fought back and powerbombed Callihan twice on the apron, then Callihan regained control after a low blow.
Moose made a comeback, hitting a pop-up powerbomb and a senton for a near fall. He hit the Go 2 Hell for another close two count. The finish came when Callihan hit Moose with the baseball bat for the disqualification.
After the match, OVE beat down Moose until Eddie Edwards ran out for the save. OVE overwhelmed Edwards and beat him down as well. Alisha Edwards ran out to protect her husband, with Callihan backing Alisha in the corner when the lights went off.
When the lights came back on, Tommy Dreamer was standing in the ring. He cleared the ring of the heels. At Redemption, Dreamer, Moose & Eddie Edwards take on OVE in a House of Hardcore match.
Petey Williams defeated Josh Mathews (w/ Matt Sydal) by DQ
Mathews stalled and pretended to stretch in the corner. Williams chased him around the ring and Mathews let out a high-pitched scream. Williams set up for the Canadian Destroyer, but Sydal interfered for the disqualification.
The heels beat down Williams after the match.
– Backstage, Johnny Impact had another confrontation with Jimmy Jacobs and Kongo Kong. They agreed to a match next week.
Tyrus, Fallah Bahh & Richard Justice defeated Trevor Lee, Caleb Konley & KM
The faces had the early advantage until the heels took over after a kick to Justice’s back. Tyrus got the tag and ran wild on the heels, and Bahh hit the Banzai Drop for the win.
Rosemary defeated Taya Valkyrie in Demon’s Dance
Valkyrie took over after dropping Rosemary stomach-first on the guardrail, then she hit double knees into a chair covering Rosemary. She also hit a chair with another chair that was placed between Rosemary’s legs.
Rosemary fought back and sent Valkyrie into a ladder that was set up in the corner, but Valkyrie regained control when Rosemary went head-first into a chair set up in another corner. She put Rosemary on a table and climbed to the top, but Rosemary cut her off.
The finish came as they fought on the top turnbuckle and Rosemary gave Valkyrie a piledriver through the table for the win.
– Highlights from Impact vs. Lucha Underground from last Friday in New Orleans aired. It focused on the Redemption press conference, the Impact vs. LU main event, and the aftermath.
After brawling with Aries at the Redemption press conference last Friday, Alberto El Patron was shown leaving the event and promised to get revenge on Aries at Impact vs. LU that night.
After his House of Hardcore victory the next day, Aries mentioned Patron no-showing the night before at Impact vs. LU. He challenged Pentagon Jr. and Fenix to a rematch at Redemption, which is now the new main event.
Next Week: From Impact vs. Lucha Underground, Austin Aries vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Fenix. Plus, Johnny Impact takes on Kongo Kong.
Previously: Dan Lambert & Bobby Lashley defeated James Storm & Moose when Lambert pinned Storm.
Tonight: Rosemary faces Laurel Van Ness for the vacant Knockouts Championship. Plus, Johnny Impact, Alberto El Patron & Petey Williams take on Eli Drake, Chris Adonis & a mystery partner.
Show Recap —
Allie defeated KC Spinelli, Sienna, and Madison Rayne in a fatal four-way number one contender’s match
Early in the match, the other three women ganged up on Allie. Allie made a brief comeback until Sienna took over. Sienna set up Rayne for the AK 47, but Allie snuck up from behind and rolled up Sienna for the victory. Allie will receive a future title match against the Knockouts Champion.
The faces were in control early until the heels took over and isolated Xavier, then Ishimori got the hot tag and ran wild. The heels put Xavier in the tree of woe and set up Ishimori for a double-team move. Xavier knocked Konley off the top turnbuckle and Ishimori rolled up Lee for the win.
– Gail Kim winning a gauntlet match to become the first Knockouts Champion at Bound for Glory 2007 was shown. The order of entry was: Jackie Moore, Ms. Brooks, Shelly Martinez, Awesome Kong, ODB, Angel Williams (Angelina Love), Christy Hemme, Kim, Talia Madison (Velvet Sky), and Roxxi Laveaux.
Kong completely dominated the match and destroyed the other competitors. ODB, Kim, and Williams then worked together to eliminate Kong. The final two were Kim and Laveaux. Kim used a version of the Celtic Cross to win the championship.
Johnny Impact, Alberto El Patron & Petey Williams defeated Eli Drake, Chris Adonis & Kongo Kong
Before the match, Jimmy Jacobs came out and teased being the mystery partner but instead introduced Kongo Kong.
Impact and El Patron teased dissension throughout the match. The heels isolated Williams on their side of the ring. Impact and El Patron worked together to take out the heels, but El Patron turned on Impact and gave him the backstabber.
Williams attempted a hurricanrana on Kong, but he caught him and powerbombed Williams into the crowd. Impact hit the Starship Pain on Drake before El Patron broke up the pin. El Patron used the frog splash on Drake for the win.
– Joseph Park met with his cousin Chandler Park in the back. Chandler wants to become a wrestler, though Joseph is skeptical.
– James Storm and Moose came down to the ring to call out Dan Lambert and Bobby Lashley. Lambert has given American Top Team the night off. Moose challenged Lashley, but Lashley said he’ll face Moose on his own terms. Storm challenged Lambert to a match, but Lambert only accepted when Storm agreed to put his career on the line.
Lambert spit in Storm’s face and Moose and Lashley fought to the back. Storm backed Lambert into the corner, but KM made the save. Storm knocked out KM with the Last Call superkick.
Laurel Van Ness defeated Rosemary to win the Knockouts Championship
Rosemary was in control until Van Ness sent her into the ring post. Rosemary made a comeback with the Upside Down and exploder suplex on the floor. Rosemary tried to spit the mist, but Van Ness blocked it with her hands. She rubbed her hands in Rosemary’s eyes and hit the Unprettier to win the Knockouts Championship.
– Konnan and Sami Callihan met for their one-on-one sit down. Callihan searched the streets for Konnan and found him on a bench. Konnan wants a shot at the tag team titles. Callahan said he accepts as long as Konnan and LAX leave if they lose and OVE takes over all of LAX’s territory.
Before Callihan left, he threw a fireball in Konnan’s face.
Next Time: In three weeks, Eli Drake defends the Impact Global Championship against Alberto El Patron on the first Impact of 2018. Plus, Dan Lambert faces James Storm in a career vs. career match. The next two weeks will feature the best of 2017.
On the day before the pay-per-view, the card for Impact Wrestling’s biggest show of the year lost one of its matches.
Impact announced today that Taya Valkyrie, who had been scheduled to face Rosemary in a Red Wedding match (a first blood match) at Bound for Glory, wouldn’t be able to make the PPV or their subsequent television tapings. In their announcement, Impact noted that Valkyrie not being there is due to circumstances out of their control and they look forward to her being back in the promotion in 2018.
Valkyrie expanded on the announcement, writing on Twitter that her missing the shows is due to personal reasons. She hyped up that the Red Wedding match will still happen when she returns in January.
Impact has yet to confirm whether or not Rosemary will still wrestle at Bound for Glory. In the show’s Knockouts title match, Sienna will defend her championship against Gail Kim and Allie.
Bound for Glory will take place at the Aberdeen Pavilion in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada tomorrow night, with the venue also set to host five days of Impact tapings from November 6-10.
Previously: Moose and Stephan Bonnar invaded the American Top Team facility and destroyed it with metal pipes.
Tonight: Bobby Lashley and ATT address Impact Wrestling. Plus, Taya Valkyrie faces off with Rosemary.
Show Recap —
Johnny Impact defeated Chris Adonis
Impact had a flurry of offense early on, but Adonis took over with a bear hug and a spinebuster. Adonis locked on the Adonis Lock before Impact leaped over the top rope while still in the hold to break it. Impact made a comeback and hit the Countdown to Impact for the win.
Eli Drake ran out and tried to attack Impact, but Impact got the better of him. He ripped off Drake’s clothes and stripped him down to his boxers. Adonis then jumped Impact from behind and they beat him down until Garza Jr. ran out for the save with a chair and the heels ran off.
Texano defeated El Hijo Del Fantasma, Eddie Edwards, Ethan Carter III, and James Storm at the Hard Rock in Cancun
This was supposed to be every man for himself, but the Impact guys worked together against AAA at the start. The Impact wrestlers isolated Fantasma before he made a comeback and scored a close near fall.
Storm had the match won until EC3 pulled him off and they ended up fighting. Texano tried to convince Storm to attack Fantasma’s father (who was on commentary). Fantasma went after Storm and Texano snuck in and scored the pin on EC3.
– OVE returned to Tijuana and The Crash in search of LAX. Konnan will only talk to them if they defend the tag titles tonight.
– James Storm and EC3 blamed each other for the loss earlier. Edwards was angry that they couldn’t work together. Edwards is going to Japan, but he ordered Storm and EC3 to work together next week.
– In the back, Jim Cornette and Dan Lambert had a heated argument.
Dezmond Xavier defeated Andrew Everett (w/ Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley)
Lee interfered early to give the advantage to Everett. Xavier was able to make a comeback and hit a dive to the floor. Lee distracted Xavier and Everett hit him from behind. Xavier then made another comeback, hitting a backflip into a kick for the win.
– During the last match, Josh Mathews announced that Taryn Terrell is out of the Knockouts Championship match at Bound for Glory. He noted that doctors wouldn’t clear her after the slap from Gail Kim last week. It will now be a triple threat between Sienna, Kim, and Allie.
– Grado came down to the ring and called out Joseph Park, accusing Park of cheating him out of money. Park reminded Grado that he owns his visa. He challenged Grado to a match at Bound for Glory. If Grado wins, he stays. If he loses, he’s gone forever.
Grado signed the contract and went to leave but Park stopped him. Park revealed the match will be a Monster’s Ball and it will be against his “brother” Abyss. Grado jumped in his car and tried to leave but the car wouldn’t start. Abyss’ music played and Father James Mitchell appeared in the back seat. Grado ran off terrified.
Impact Tag Team Champions OVE defeated Black Diamond and Black Danger at The Crash in Tijuana to retain their titles
Black Diamond caught OVE with a dive to start the match. Jake Crist charged Danger, but he caught Jake and threw him up. Diamond then came of the top rope with a spear on Jake. OVE made a comeback and used a variation of the Meltzer Driver for the win.
– Jeremy Borash was in the ring when Dan Lambert and American Top Team came through the crowd. Lambert has watched Lashley waste his MMA career for pro wrestling. Lambert said he’s the biggest pro wrestling fan and knows more about wrestling than anyone. He then showed off some of his wrestling memorabilia, including Bruno Sammartino’s original championship belt from the 1960s.
Lambert was upset that Moose and Stephan Bonnar invaded the ATT gym. He challenged Moose & Bonnar to fight Bobby Lashley & King Mo at Bound for Glory.
Moose and Bonnar came out with the belts and trophies they stole last week. As they made their way to the ring, Lashley jumped them from behind. ATT beat them down with Lashley giving both a spear. Mahabali Shera, Caleb Konley, and Andrew Everett tried to help but they got beat down as well.
– In Tijuana, OVE confronted Konnan and demanded their pay. A bunch of Crash guys surrounded the ring and attacked OVE.
– On Global Forged episode six, the search for new talent continued as the competition heats up.
Taya Valkyrie defeated Rosemary
Rosemary had the early advantage until Valkyrie took over by ramming her into the ring post. Valkyrie caught Rosemary with a crossbody press to the floor. She missed a knee in the corner and Rosemary countered into a German suplex. Rosemary set up for the Red Wedding, but Valkyrie countered into a Northern Lights suplex and hit a double stomp for the win.
Valkyrie tried to give Rosemary the Road to Valhalla after the match, but Rosemary spit the red mist in Valkyrie’s eyes. Rosemary challenged Valkyrie to a match at Bound for Glory and said it’ll involve blood. She then shouted “Bloody Mary.”
Next Week: X Division Champion Trevor Lee defends at The Crash in Tijuana.
The fallout from the incident where Sexy Star injured Rosemary at Triplemania took another turn last night as AAA announced that Sexy Star had been stripped of their Reina de Reinas title.
AAA posted the news on Twitter during a show on Monday night. In a statement that Global Force Wrestling previously released about the Sexy Star/Rosemary situation, it was noted that AAA executives had confirmed to them that “appropriate measures” were being taken.
Similarly to how it began, Sexy Star’s women’s title reign ends in controversy. She returned to AAA and won the then-vacant championship in July after Taya Valkyrie had been stripped of it, with the explanation then being that Valkyrie used a choke to unfairly win it in a street fight match months earlier. Valkyrie hasn’t returned to AAA since.
Before being stripped of the title, Sexy Star put out a lengthy statement (which was translated by Fightful.com) yesterday saying that she didn’t do anything different than she usually does when applying the armbar on Rosemary at Triplemania, that she didn’t know Rosemary was injured until after the match, and that it didn’t seem to be that serious because no one was tending to her.
GFW uploaded a video previewing that they will be addressing the incident on Impact this week.
A day after being injured in a legitimate in-ring incident with Sexy Star at Triplemania, Rosemary posted a statement on Twitter last night to clarify the situation and thank people for their support.
She wrote: Let me make this perfectly clear: if you take liberties with someone’s body when they are giving it to you and trusting you to keep them safe, you are not tough. You are an asshole. And you don’t belong in this business.
Sexy Star decided to do just that this weekend at Triplemania. And while I have remained quiet on social media until I was more calm to address this situation, I have now been informed that she is telling people that it is a work. You are all now being informed that Sexy Star is a liar. She was a liar in the locker room when she was forced to apologize and instead cooked up some bullsh*t excuse that she ‘didn’t know’ and she is a liar now. You know if you are torquing on someone’s arm. You know an armbar is a real and dangerous hold.
The only reason your face is not broken right now is because a little voice inside my head as I lay on the apron kept repeating, ‘Don’t go to Mexican prison..’ (thanks, Demon)
However, turning to positives: the outreach from the wrestling community has been incredible. I’m overwhelmed with how much love I feel right now from friends, fans, and people I have yet to meet in this amazing business. We are a family and we protect our own. If you violate that, you are not welcome here.
I also want to thank the AAA locker room. Multiple people came up to me saying how sorry and disgusted they were. Thank you Hamada and Shani, who also had to deal with bullsh*t from Star during that match. Thank you, Vampiro, for professionally trying to calm a volatile situation, though, as you know, once the excuses started pouring out of Sexy Star’s mouth in lieu of an apology, it was over.
Thank you to the amazing GFW locker room, both present that night and not. I have so much support from everyone, and talent, crew and office have all reached out to show me that.
Rosemary suffered the injury when Sexy Star applied an armbar on her at the end of the Reina de Reinas title match at Triplemania on Saturday night. Dave Meltzer wrote in yesterday’s daily update that the explanation that was given was that Sexy Star thought all three other women in the match were after her due to Lady Shani allegedly shooting on her earlier in it.
In addition to the support Rosemary has received, Sexy Star has gotten significant criticism on social media from others in the pro wrestling industry. Cody Rhodes tweeted that Sexy Star will never step foot into one of his locker rooms and Brian James (Road Dogg) called for her to be blacklisted if the incident is legitimate.
WrestleCade also announced that they’ve removed Sexy Star from their November weekend in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They wrote that anyone who ordered tickets to her meet and greet in advance will be refunded as soon as possible.
There was an incident involving Rosemary (Holly Letkeman) and Sexy Star (Dulce Garcia) at last night’s Triplemania show that resulted in Rosemary’s elbow popping from an armbar finisher.
The reports are that Garcia put the move on legitimately to end a four-way match for the Reina de Reinas title that also involved Lady Shani and Ayako Hamada.
There have been a lot of wrestlers from GFW who have posted on social media regarding the incident, as well as talent not with the company.
While it is always possible such a thing is a new age work, especially given Vampiro being said to be part of this, from all indications we’ve been given at this point it was not and there is a huge backlash against Garcia since injuries from moves and accidents are one thing, but something that would appear to be deliberate should not be part of the modern business.
Previously: Bram defeated Jeff Hardy with the help of the DCC in last week’s main event. Also, Matt Hardy hosted a Thanksgiving ice cream social and was struck by lighting. He regained his memory and is once again broken.
Tonight: In the main event, Jade battles Rosemary in the Six Sides of Steel for the vacant Knockouts Championship. Plus, Broken Matt returns tonight.
Show Recap:
Moose defeated Aron Rex to win the Grand Championship
Before the match, Rex issued an open challenge to anyone in the back. Moose accepted the call to wrestle. Rex poked Moose in the eyes and set up to give him the knockout punch with the ring, but Moose ducked and hit the Game Changer to win the title in 1:45 of the first round. Jeremy Borash tried to talk to Rex but he sulked away crying.
– In the back, Jeff Hardy said he doesn’t know which Matt is going to show up tonight. He took off his sunglasses to show his eyes are all messed up, indicating that he’s Brother Nero tonight.
– The DCC made their way to the ring. James Storm’s voice was distorted like in the videos. They kept their masks on during the promo. Jeff interrupted them and talked about how the Hardys have survived The Final Deletion and The Great War.
Eddie Kingston asked Jeff where Matt is, prompting Jeff to attack them. The DCC ganged up on him until their music started to play and the lights went out. When they came back on, Broken Matt was standing maniacally in the ring. He cleared the ring of the DCC, and stated that all his memories are restored and promised to delete the DCC later tonight.
DJ Z defeated Braxton Sutter and Mandrews to retain the X Division Championship
Josh Mathews reminded us that all three guys are friends and members of Go For Broke. They started the match by trading near falls. Mandrews rode his skateboard down the ramp but DJ Z cut him off with a back elbow. DJ Z re-injured his knee. Sutter and Mandrews checked on him but Mandrews took the opportunity to roll up Sutter for a near fall. Mandrews hit a shooting star press on Sutter and went for the pin. DJ Z quickly rolled up Mandrews to retain the title.
After the match, Sutter and Mandrews raised DJ Z’s arms. Mandrews turned on DJ Z by kicking him in the injured leg. Sutter was shocked as Mandrews stormed off.
– Backstage, Laurel Van Ness knew that Allie tried to hit her with the pie last week that ended up hitting Maria instead. Laurel said that Allie will never get a guy like Braxton Sutter and tonight will lose her job.
– Maria and Laurel came down to the ring and demanded that Allie come down as well. Allie apologized for hitting Maria in the face with the pie. Maria said that Allie is jealous of Laurel’s relationship with Braxton Sutter. Laurel mentioned that she went on a hot date with Sutter. Maria said Allie’s not a wrestler and then called her a bad word. Allie slapped Maria and Laurel jumped Allie. Mathews wondered if this was the last we’d see of Allie on Impact.
TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardys defeated The DCC (Bram & Eddie Kingston w/ James Storm)
The Hardys were in control of the early part of the match. The DCC took over and isolated Matt in their corner. Jeff got the hot tag and ran wild until Storm interfered giving the advantage back to the DCC. Jeff took out Storm and Bram with a dive to the outside. Jeff hit the Twist of Fate, followed up by a second one from Matt on Kingston to win the match.
– They recapped Ethan Carter III defeating Eli Drake last week. Eli can’t speak for the rest of the year due to the loss. In the back, EC3 approached Eli and said that next week he’s going win the World Championship and if Eli wants a shot all he has to do is ask.
– Al Snow and Mahabali Shera were mad about The Tribunal whipping them with straps last week. Al challenged The Tribunal to a double strap match.
– EC3 came out to the ring. He talked about having a rough year but said he stands here the number one contender. EC3 called out TNA World Champion Eddie Edwards to the ring. They discussed their upcoming title match next week. EC3 promised to win title and Edwards said it would take a very special person to defeat him for it.
Rosemary defeated Jade in Six Sides of Steel to win the Knockouts Championship
Hall of Famer and former Knockouts Champion Gail Kim came out to the ring before the match and sat at ringside. Mathews mentioned that there are rumors that Kim’s career is coming to an end.
Rosemary attacked Jade and sent her to the outside before the door could be closed. Rosemary threw a trash can in the ring. Rosemary controlled the early part of the match by grinding Jade’s face against the cage and then biting her.
Jade made a comeback by tossing the trash can at Rosemary and followed up with a hurricanrana off the top rope. Jade climbed to the very top of the cage and dove off the top on to Rosemary. Jade started to climb back up, but Rosemary blew the yellow mist in her eyes and followed up with the Red Wedding to win the Knockouts Championship.
After the match, Rosemary posed with the belt and had a stare down with Kim.
Next Week: In the main event, Eddie Edwards will defend the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Ethan Carter III.
